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Daily Archives: February 14, 2012

Yesterday saw the next EverQuest expansion on the list, The Planes of Power, go live on the Fippy Darkpaw time locked progression server.

Firiona Vie casts!

The picture above swiped from Giant Bomb, which has a good write up about about the expansion detailing the progression as well as a lot of screen shots related to the expansion, including the front and back of the UK version of the expansion, which I also stole and put together into a single image.

Oh no, system requirements!

And then there is the US box art.

Planes of Power

As usual, there was no acknowledgement of this update from SOE. I realize I say this every time there is an update, but it just mystifies me that a game that pays a good portion of the rent base on its nostalgia appeal spends to little effort talking up their key nostalgia event.

We are now a year into the Fippy Darkpaw time locked progression server, and the guild Twisted Legion is clearly dominating the first to boss fights aspect of the game. One day in and there are already bosses down to the guild.

Planes of Power now open and active

From my own personal timeline, this is the first EverQuest expansion I know I did not purchase. I am actually hazy on whether I bought Luclin or not, but I was pretty much done with the game until The Serpent’s Spine expansion four years (and seven more expansions) down the road.

What I mostly recall about the expansion was complaints from friends of mine who were raiders about broken content and the burden of the whole flag/unlock system.

As always, there is discussion about the expansion over at the unofficial Fippy Darkpaw site.

Finally, there is one thing that makes the Planes of Power unlock on Fippy Darkpaw a little different than previous. The next two expansions, the Lost Dungeons of Norrath and The Legacy of Ykesha, are on timers related to the Planes of Power. According to a post over at Fippy Darkpaw, Lost Dungeons of Norrath will unlock 15 days after Planes of Power, which will put it at February 28th. The Legacy of Ykesha will unlock 15 days after Rallos Zek is slain, which will put it some time before mid March I would guess.

After that, it is back on the usual schedule. 60 days after the last boss is slain there will be a 7 day vote on the next expansion. That will almost certainly be a vote in the affirmative, at which time the Gates of Discord expansion will become available on Fippy Darkpaw.